PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - Nov 6

Nov 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the
New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

* A federal bankruptcy judge cleared the way for brokerage
firm MF Global's roughly 20,000 customers to collect their full
$1.6 billion in vanished money, covering the remaining
shortfall. ()

* The government's $1.2 billion settlement with SAC Capital
Advisors set a record for insider trading penalties.

* The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday voted
3 to 1 to limit the size of any trader's footprint in the
commodities market. Gary Gensler, the chairman of the
commission, said on Tuesday that the new position limits would
"help to protect the markets both in times of clear skies, price
discovery functions, certainly, as well as when there's a storm
on the horizon." ()

* Ford's plant in Genk, Belgium, is scheduled to close
at the end of the year, but only after a long, bitter struggle
that cost the company $750 million. ()
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